Surgical and endovascular assisted maturation procedures improve cannulation after arteriovenous fistula creation, but not after arteriovenous graft placement.
Muhammad Saad HafeezRabih A ChaerMohammad H EslamiOthman M Abdul-MalakTheodore H YuoPublished in: The journal of vascular access (2023)
AVG achieved TNC after creation more reliably than AVF. A single surgery or endovascular procedures for AVFs is associated with greater rates of TNC. For AVGs, any AM procedure is associated with lower cannulation rates, and reinforces the need for careful operative technique.